Originally Posted by
Varsity
Historically this management 'team' targets whatever pilot is telling them bad news they don't want to hear. It has reached the point that the union is afraid of telling them "no" out of fear of being targeted.
Additionally, the company hires outside consultants to do exactly that, negotiate with the pilot group. Why shouldn't we do the exact same thing? Would you trust you ALPA rep to go against a professional attorney in a court room? I wouldn't.
Fear of being targeted?
Bull S.
The union has a negotiation team. Their task is to tell the company what the MEC tells them. They then bring back the company's comments and the MEC discusses them and makes decisions.
If you think the negotiations are like an episode of Law & Order, you are wrong.
It's not the negotiation team and the talent within the MEC that causes the disadvantage, it's the RLA. The playing field is not level.